Re: make your own JOE/COBRA contest...ready..set..go!!
Is it a Resolute Duke? Cool looking bash.
Great pics!
No, but thanks, I'm glad you like him.
Is he one of the original 13? Great looking figure and the thing that I love about it is that he can fit well with the other officially released Sideshow Joes.
Yes, and thanks, that was the idea: to stick with the Sideshow style.
Grunt or Zap maybe? If the scars are a clue then I'm lost...
Close...
EDIT: OH WAIT is that UNMASKED SE?!~
I
have used that head for
an unmasked SE before, but no, not this time.
Is it a Devils Due character?
No, I never really followed their comics.
Okay, the answer is: Short-Fuze. I made him a grenadier since there doesn't seem to be much call for a spec-ops team to be lugging a mortar around with them these days, and as his original file-card notes, he's a qualified expert with the M16 and M79, so bumping him up to an underslung grenade launcher seemed like a natural evolution of his role (the O13 never had a grenade launcher for whatever reason). The headsculpt is a placeholder: I actually like it much better as an unmasked Snake Eyes and I'm presently waiting for an unmasked Crimson Guard head to arrive so I can replace it, but in the meantime, it seemed like a good fit for an ethnically-German Joe with a habit of "blowing up" in short order.
A few other notes: I used BBI Bollé T800 goggles, with their flat, unimpeded lense, to represent his helmet visor. Unfortunately, I can't get them to sit flush against the brim of the helmet due to how the straps are attached. I may have to go about modifying them in the future. I also gave him a Crimson Guard sweater because I wanted to use the Rock 'n Roll BDUs but also needed long sleeves. Rifle mags are in Snake Eyes' subload so that the 40mm grenade pouches can be carried more prominently at Short-Fuze's waist, to (hopefully) subtly reinforce the idea that he's a grenadier first and foremost.